Rex by Hansson & Karlsson, released on Polydor in 1968.

Bo Hansson (10 April 1943 – 23 April 2010),[1] also known as Bosse Hansson, was a Swedish musician...

In 1966, Hansson saw American jazz organist Jack McDuff perform at Stockholm's Gyllene Cirkeln Club, and was so captivated by the performance that he decided to leave The Merrymen to expand his musical horizons. Encouraged by fellow Merryman Bill Öhrström, he eventually acquired his own Hammond organ. Öhrström became an A&R man and producer at Polydor Sweden, and introduced Hansson to other musicians, one of whom was drummer Janne Carlsson. Hansson and Carlsson immediately hit it off and were signed by Polydor under the band name Hansson & Karlsson, playing up-tempo Hammond organ based music and releasing three albums between 1967 and 1969. - Wikipedia

https://scandinavianpearls.bandcamp.com/album/hansson-karlsson-rex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9oT4i4Px34

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🇸🇪 Melissa Horn "Den jag kunde blivit – den jag blev" – 2024

A deeply introspective album built on acoustic arrangements, subtle instrumentation, and emotionally direct songwriting. Horn’s vocal delivery is intimate and unembellished, drawing the listener into themes of regret, identity, and personal reflection...

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🇸🇪 Lisa Ekdahl "Lisa Ekdahl" – 1994

Jazz-inflected arrangements and understated pop sensibility with acoustic instrumentation.
Ekdahl’s vocal style is distinctive: airy, conversational, and slightly fragile giving the material a personal and disarming charm. The lyrics move between romance, reflection, and everyday observation...

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Back to everyday life (sigh) after a beautiful weekend surrounded by musicians at Nyckelharpawochenende Süd in Balingen! 💚

I enjoyed teaching my intermediate class so much and it's always such a pleasure to meet up with the nyckelharpa family from around the globe, to jam and chat and nerd out 💚

If you're looking for really cool, well-organised folkmusic workshop weekends, do check out https://www.nyckelharpawochenende.de - there are also beginner nyckelharpa workshops and an ensemble open to all instruments! This year's Northern Germany edition in May even has a hurdy gurdy class! 👀

Photos by Björn Kaidel!

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Monument by Hansson & Karlsson, released in 1967 on Polydor.

Proto Prog with Bo Hansson of Lord of The Rings fame on organ and Janne Karlsson on drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPuLokTvXxo&list=RDrPuLokTvXxo&start_radio=1

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Lidingö Airport / Canada Lumberyard by Hansson & Karlsson, 7" single released on GP in Sweden.

Hansson & Karlsson was a Swedish duo consisting of Bo Hansson (organ) and Janne Carlsson (drums). The name Carlsson being written with a K instead of a C in the name of the band was initially just a mis-print in an early poster (both spellings being common in Swedish).

The band was active in the last few years of the 1960s and played instrumental jazz fusion, largely based on improvisation and are considered one of the pioneers of progressive rock. Hansson and Carlsson played a few times with Jimi Hendrix in Stockholm, and Hendrix recorded the Hansson & Karlsson piece "Tax Free". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdK2ppzfoQ&list=RDKtdK2ppzfoQ&start_radio=1

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Magician's Hat is an instrumental progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson. It is his second solo album, following the successful Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings, and was originally released in Sweden by Silence Records in 1972, with the title Ur trollkarlens hatt.

Like its predecessor, the album was, at least partly, influenced by fairy tale and fantasy themes, with the song "Elidor" having been directly inspired by Alan Garner's 1965 fantasy novel Elidor. Although the album had a similar progressive rock sound to Hansson's first solo album, albeit with a more jazz-tinged flavor, it was not as commercially successful and failed to reach the charts in the UK and the U.S.

In his review of the album for the Allmusic website, Bruce Eder has noted "there is a compelling power to some of this music, as organ, guitar, and synthesizer alternately move out in front".- Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deuwepCNFAk&list=OLAK5uy_nAqMGlNU4WD54N4_hngnyVHj-Pa21nV8k

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